Collaborate Disseminate
A security researcher has revealed a method of crashing and restarting iPhones and iPads, with just a few lines of code that could be added to any webpage. Sabri Haddouche tweeted a link to webpage containing his 15-line proof-of-concept attack, which … Continue reading How to crash and restart an iPhone with a CSS-based web attack
Often the biggest problem is not the threat of external hackers, but rather internal staff to whom you have granted access to sensitive data and who might be tempted to exploit it for financial gain.
Continue reading Amazon staff said to be taking bribes to leak data
A man wanted for his part in a lucrative criminal operation that spread scareware via the Minnesota Star Tribune website, who spent years on the run from the FBI, has finally been sent to prison.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Securit… Continue reading Prison for man who assisted scareware scheme that targeted newspaper website
A man wanted for his part in a lucrative criminal operation that spread scareware via the Minnesota Star Tribune website, who spent years on the run from the FBI, has finally been sent to prison.
The post Prison for man who assisted scareware scheme th… Continue reading Prison for man who assisted scareware scheme that targeted newspaper website
Malicious script is being blamed for the British Airways hack, Trend Micro’s apps are booted out of the Mac App Store for snaffling private data, and Paul Manafort’s daughter wants Twitter to remove a link.
All this and more is discussed in the latest … Continue reading Smashing Security #095: British Airways hack, Mac apps steal browser history, and one person has 285,000 texts leaked
The official UK TV licensing website was allowing license purchasers to submit their personal identifiable information and bank details in unsafe, unencrypted plaintext.
Continue reading TV License website said it was secure. It wasn’t
The official UK TV licensing website was allowing license purchasers to submit their personal identifiable information and bank details in unsafe, unencrypted plaintext.
Continue reading TV License website said it was secure. It wasn’t
Trend Micro has confirmed reports that some of its Mac consumer products were silently sending users’ browser history to its servers, and apologised to customers for any “concern they might have felt.”
But apparently it’s the users’ fault anyway for no… Continue reading Trend Micro apologises after Mac apps found scooping up users’ browser history
Within hours of British Airways admitting that it had suffered a serious security breach, with hackers accessing customer data and the full details of 380,000 payment cards, a British law firm announced that it was launching a £500m group action agains… Continue reading Law firm launches £500 million group action over British Airways hack
Apple has removed “Adware Doctor” from the macOS App Store amid claims that the program was uploading browser histories to China. And it turns out that wasn’t the only popular app stealing users’ private information.
Read more in my article on the Tri… Continue reading Apps that steal users’ browser histories kicked out of the Mac App store